HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

过头

guòtóu

Traditional: 過頭

excessively

HSK 7–9
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Meaning of 过头 in English

guòtóuHSK 7–9adjectiveSyllabus #6957
  1. excessively
  2. above one's head
  3. overhead
  4. to overdo it
  5. to overstep the limit

Example sentences

  1. 我们睡过头了。
    wǒ men shuì guò tóu le。
    We overslept.
    Tatoeba #3399432 by GlossaMatik · #2107667 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 汤姆睡过头了。
    tāng mǔ shuì guò tóu le。
    Tom overslept.
    Tatoeba #5092449 by mirrorvan · #1164341 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 我睡过头了。
    wǒ shuì guò tóu le。
    I overslept.
    Tatoeba #335166 by fucongcong · #258769 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

过 on its own →
guò · to cross

HSK words with 过

过HSK 2过来HSK 2过年HSK 2过去HSK 2过节HSK 3经过HSK 3难过HSK 3不过HSK 4超过HSK 4错过HSK 4
头 on its own →
tóu · classifier for pigs or livestock

HSK words with 头

头HSK 2头发HSK 3点头HSK 4馒头HSK 4抬头HSK 4头痛HSK 4低头HSK 5里头HSK 5木头HSK 5石头HSK 5

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences